Lee Haskins vs. Ryosuke Iwasa for the IBF Interim World Bantamweight Title on Saturday, June 13, 2015

LONDON (3 JUNE) On Saturday, June 13, leading bantamweight contenders Lee Haskins and Ryosuke Iwasa will contest the IBF Interim World Bantamweight Title at Bristol’s Action Indoor Sports Arena, LIVE on Channel 5.

Iwasa is a 25-year-old southpaw from Chiba, Japan with a professional record of 19-1 (12 KOs). Included on his record are wins against two-time world title challenger David De La Mora and former WBC International champion Hiroki Shiino. Iwasa was formerly the Japanese bantamweight champion and is currently ranked at number three in the world according to the IBF.

Haskins, meanwhile, is a popular 31-year-old Bristolian boasting a professional record of 31-3 (13 KOs). Sharp, unpredictable and dangerous, Haskins is also in a rich vein of form, having won each of his last five fights, three inside schedule, and last time out lifted the European bantamweight title with a dominant eighth-round stoppage of Omar Lamiri. He has held the British title at both super-flyweight and bantamweight and is rated at number four by the IBF.